Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Period 1 Words and Vocabulary
派生词
1.die v.死亡→death n.死亡→ dead adj.死的→ deadly adj.致命的
→dying adj.垂死的
2.affect vt.影响;深深打动→ effect n.效果;结果→ effective adj.有效的
3.shock n.令人震惊的事;→shocking adj.令人震惊的→ shocked adj.感到震惊的
4.electric adj.电的;用电的→electricity n.电;电能→electronic adj.电子的
5.breath n. 呼吸→breathe vi.& vt.呼吸→breathless adj.气喘吁吁的
6.wise adj.明智的→ unwise adj.不明智的→wisdom n.智慧;才智
7.suffer vt.遭受;蒙受→suffering n.受难;苦楚→sufferer n.受苦者;受难者
8.survive vi.生存;存活→survival n.幸存;生还→ survivor n.幸存者;生还者
9.power n.电力供应;力量→powerful adj.强大的;强壮的→powerless adj.无力的
10.emerge vi.浮现;出现→emergent adj.紧急的→emergency n.突发事件
11.deliver v.递送;传达 vt.发表→delivery n.投递;送交
12.summary n.总结;概括;概要→summarize vt.& vi.总结;概括
13.long adj.长的→length n.长;长度→lengthen v.(使)变长
原文呈现
THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days, the water in the village 1. (n.井) rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep 2. (v.裂纹;裂缝) that 3. (出现)in the well walls. At least one well had some 4. (adj.难闻的) gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too 5. (adj.紧张的) to eat, and dogs 6. (v.拒绝) to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to 7.
(v.躲藏) , and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, 8.
(adj.明亮的)lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city's one million people were 9. (adj.睡着的) as usual that night.
At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. It 10. (v.看起来) as if the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometers 11. (adv.直接地) below the city, one of the most 12. (adv.致命地) earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometers away in Beijing. Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it! A huge crack, eight kilometers long and 30 meres wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In less than one minute, a large city 13. (lie过去式) in ruins. Two thirds of the people who lived there were 14. (adj.死亡的) or injured. Thousands of children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or badly 15. (adj.受伤的) in the quake was more than 400,000.
Everywhere 16. (n.幸存者) looked, there was nothing but ruins. Nearly everything in the city was 17. (v.摧毁). About 75 percent of the city's 18. (n.工厂) and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were 19. (adj.不复存在的). Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away. Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross. The railway 20. (n.轨道) were now 21. (adj.无用的) pieces of 22. (n.金属). Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens were dead. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were in shock — and then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan again. Even more buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to 23. (v.想知道) how long the 24. (n.灾难) would last.
But hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army 25. (send过去式) 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide 26. (adj.医学的) care. Workers built 27. (n.庇护所) for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. Water and food were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane. Slowly, the city began to 28.
(v.呼吸)again.
Tangshan started to 29. (v.复苏) itself and get back up on its feet. With strong support from the government and the 30. (adj.不知疲倦的) efforts of the city's people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. The new city has become a home to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation, industry, and environment. Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster, people must 31.
(v.统一,使成一体) and show the 32. (n.智慧;才智) to stay 33.
(adj.积极的,自信的) and 34. (v.重建) for a brighter future.
Tsunami Hits Asia: over 6,500 Dead
The most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami crashed into coastlines across Asia yesterday, 1. (kill) more than 6, 500 people. Fishermen, tourists hotels, homes and cars 2. (sweep) away by huge waves. The undersea quake 3. (strike) around 7:00 am, Sunday off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island. In that area alone,at least 1,870 people were killed
Indian officials said as many as 1, 900 had been killed 4. the southern coast. Another 254 were found 5. (death) in Thailand and 54 in three other countries. In southern Thailand, 1,900 people were hurt and many more were missing. "I was having breakfast with my three children 6. water started filling my home. We had to leave everything and run to 7. (safe)," said a local Thai woman.
Thousands of people are still missing, and the number of deaths is expected 8. (grow) even higher over the next few days. Foreign aid 9.
(organize) for the tsunami-hit countries. 10. , dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies.
自主检测
一、根据汉语写单词。
1. 庇护;掩蔽v. & n._______________
2. 强有力的 adj._______________
3. 旱灾n._______________
4. 震级 n._______________
5. 语境;上下文n._______________
6. 喜爱;钟爱n._______________
7. 智慧;才智n._______________
8. 疏散;撤出 v._______________
9. 紧急的adj._______________
10. 发表;递送n._______________
11. 受苦;遭难 n._______________
12. 摧毁;毁灭v._______________
13. 电;电能 n. _______________
14. 气喘吁吁的adj._______________
15. 统一;成一体v._______________
16. 总结;概括n._______________
17. 镇静;沉着adj. & v._______________
18. 致命的;极度的adj._______________
19. 振兴;复苏n._______________
20. 爆发;喷发n.______________
二、派生词
1.___________v.死亡→______________n.死;死亡→_____________adj.死的
→___________adj.致命的→____________ adj.垂死的
2.___________vt.影响;→______________n.效果→_______________adj.有效的
3.__________n.震惊→___________adj.令人震惊的→___________adj.感到震惊的
4.__________adj.电的;用电的→___________n.电(能)→___________adj.电子的
5.____________n.呼吸→_____________vt.呼吸→_____________adj.气喘吁吁的
6.__________adj.明智的→__________adj.不明智的→___________n.智慧;才智
7._________vt.遭受;蒙受→__________n.受难;苦楚→___________n.受苦者;
8._________vi.生存;存活→__________n.幸存;生还→___________n.幸存者
9.__________n.能量;力量→__________adj.强大\壮的→___________adj.无力的
10.________vi.浮现;出现→___________adj.紧急的→____________n.突发事件;
11._____________vt.& vi.递送;传达→________________n.投递;送交
12.______________ n.总结;概括;概要→_______________ vt.& vi.总结;概括
13.__________ adj.长的→_____________ n.长;长度→_____________ v.(使)变长
三、根据中文提示写出相应短语。
1. 遭受…;患病 _________________
2. 不遗余力做某事__________________
3. 对…感到吃惊 _________________
4. 埋头于(做)某事 _________________
5. 严重受损;破败 _________________
6. 对…造成损害 _________________
7. 被…深深打动 _________________
8. 结束;终结 _________________
9. 贯彻;执行; _________________
10. 经过事故后还活着_______________
11. 生效;见效 _________________
12. 跌倒;倒塌 _________________
13. 挖掘出;发现 _________________
14. 横穿 ________________
15. 从全国各地 _______________
n.灾难;灾害 n.努力;艰难的尝试;
n.龙卷风;旋风 vt.& vi.统一;使一体
n.旱灾;久旱 n.智慧;才智
n.崩塌;滑坡 n.上下文;语境;背景
v.(使)滑行;滑动 vt.遭受;蒙受vi.受苦
n.海啸 n.火山
n.洪水;大量v.淹没 v.爆发;喷出
n.(地)震级;重大 n.补给;vt.供给
n.& vt.营救;救援 n.台风
vt.损害;破坏n.损坏; n.飓风
vt.摧毁;毁灭 vi.生存;vt.幸存;
vt.疏散;撤出vi.撤离 n.能量;力量;控制力
n.直升机 v.轻拍;n.水龙头;轻叩
n.死;死亡 n.管子;管道
vt.影响;(疾病)侵袭; v.吹口哨;n.呼啸声
n.避难所;vt.保vi.躲避 n.突发事件;紧急情况
n.裂纹v.(使)破裂 adj.镇静的vt.使平静;
n.& vt.破坏;毁坏 n.援助;v.帮助;援助
n.百分之... n.成套工具;成套设备
n.砖;砖块 v.碰撞;n.撞车;碰撞
n.金属 vt.& vi.打扫;清扫
n.震惊;vt.(使)震惊 n.海波v.挥手;招手
n.电;电能 v.侵袭;突击;n.罢工;
vt.使落入险境; n.险境 v.递送;传达vt.发表
vt.埋葬;安葬 n.总结;概括;概要
vt.& vi.呼吸 n.影响;结果;效果
vt.& vi.复活;使苏醒 n.长;长度
火山喷发 露天;在户外
严重受损;破败不堪 急救箱
似乎;好像;仿佛 消灭;彻底消除
震惊;吃惊 现有(尤指帮助)
振兴;复苏